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A feasibility study of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors
Combination treatment using lenvatinib (a multikinase inhibitor) plus pembrolizumab (a programmed death-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor) has shown efficacy in the treatment of endometrial and renal cell cancers....
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DNA methylation marker to estimate ovarian cancer cell fraction
Evaluation of a cancer cell fraction is important for accurate molecular analysis, and pathological analysis is the gold standard for evaluation. Despite the potential convenience, no established molecular mar...
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The risk factors for skeletal-related events (SREs) among non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients during treatment with bone-modifying agents (BMAs) are not yet well-understood.
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Part 1 of this two-part, open-label, Phase 1 study (NCT03233139) assessed the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity, and clinical activity of cemiplimab in Japanese patients with advanced mali...
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Open AccessPhase I study of the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 inhibitor navoximod (GDC-0919) as monotherapy and in combination with the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumours
Navoximod (GDC-0919) is a small molecule inhibitor of indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase 1. This study investigated the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of navoximod alone and in combination with atezolizuma...
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Improved survival among patients enrolled in oncology phase 1 trials in recent decades
This study aimed to compare the survival of patients enrolled in phase 1 trials in recent decades.
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Feasibility of initial treatment in elderly patients with ovarian cancer in Japan: a retrospective study
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the real world situation and clarify the problem in initial treatment for elderly patients with ovarian cancer in Japan.
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The prognosis of advanced small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer was improved with development of chemotherapy and molecular target therapy but still remains poor. Recently, immunotherapy, espec...
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Weekly dose-dense paclitaxel (PTX) in combination with carboplatin (CBDCA) every 3 weeks (ddTC therapy) is a standard treatment for patients with advanced ovarian cancer. However, there is no detailed analysis...
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